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40 percent of kids in grades 4-8 reported they connected or chatted online with a stranger. Of those 40 percent:
- 53 percent revealed their phone number to a stranger
- 21 percent spoke by phone with a stranger
- 15 percent tried to meet with a stranger
- 11 percent met a stranger in their own home, the stranger’s home, a park, mall or restaurant
- 30 percent texted a stranger from their phone
- 6 percent revealed their home address to a stranger (Children's Internet Usage Study, Center for Cyber Safety and Education).

72 percent of Americans believe their accounts are secure with only usernames and passwords, yet every two seconds there is another victim of identity fraud. Your usernames and passwords are not enough to keep your accounts secure. (Stop. Think. Connect .(n.d.) "Lock Down Your Login", accessed 1-16-2017 from https://www.lockdownyourlogin.com).

50 percent of American adults are worried about the amount of personal information about them online, while 47 percent said they were not confident they understood what would be done with their data once it was collected (National Cyber Security Alliance, January 12, 2017).

Just 28% of parents have installed software on computers to prohibit certain website visitation; only 17% have such software on mobile devices, and just 15% on gaming consoles (Cox Communications 2012).

One in two parents do not use any blocking or filtering software on their children's Internet enabled devices. (FamilyPC Survey, August, 2001)

Nine in 10 teens say their parents have talked to them about online safety.